VELEZ v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

(SC 16095)

250 Conn. 536 (1999)

JORGE VELEZ v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd A. Edgington, assistant public defender, for the appellant (petitioner).

Steven R. Strom, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Lynn D. Wittenbrink and Gregory D'Auria, assistant attorneys general, for the appellee (respondent).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, JS.


Opinion

CALLAHAN, C. J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether General Statutes § 18-100d1 renders General Statutes §§ 18-7, 18-7a (c), 18-98a, 18-98b and 18-98d (b)2 (good time statutes) inapplicable to persons sentenced to terms of imprisonment for crimes committed on or after October 1, 1994. We conclude that the good time...

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